Short space trips for paying passengers on the way

CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket company, is designing a set of reusable rockets and spacecraft to send paying passengers on short trips into space. Yang Yiqiang, the founder of CAS Space, told China Daily on Wednesday if everything goes according to plan, the combination of the rocket and spaceship will become mature after at least 15 test flights and will be able to 【小题1】 up to seven tourists per trip to an altitude of more than 100 kilometers, about 10 times the cruising altitude of a 【小题2】 jetliner.

NASA unveils first full-color images from Webb

NASA on Tuesday showcased the first full-color images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. 【小题1】 (take) by the telescope’s near-infrared camera, the image — dubbed Webb’s First Deep Field — captured thousands of galaxies in sharp detail.

The image showcases the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as it 【小题2】 (appear) 4.6 billion years ago, according to NASA. The $10 billion project is the world’s 【小题3】 (large) and most powerful space observatory ever built. The telescope was launched into space last December from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.